Purpose of the Call:
•Speakers from AHS will share:
•AHS’ approach to measurement for improvement (MedRec)
•Lessons learned throughout our measurement journey
•Their approach to using data to drive change at the frontline
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Month to evaluate the quality of their
established admission MedRec processes.
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6. Scaling up MedRec Measurement - Experiences from Alberta
Greg Duchscherer, RRT, BHS, PMP
Project Manager, Provincial Medication Reconciliation
Lynn Whitten, RN, BN, MSA
Project Manager, Calgary Zone Medication Reconciliation Team
Alim Amershi, DipMM, B.Comm
Project Coordinator, Calgary Zone Medication Reconciliation Team
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Alberta Health Services
Albertans = 3.9 Million (661,848 km2)
AHS Employees = 96,000
Physicians = 8,400
Sites = 450
Five Zones and Cancer Control
In 2012-2013:
2,116,474 Emergency Department Visits
8,230 Acute Care hospital beds
108,855 Home Care clients
22,533 Continuing Care beds
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Objectives
•Overview of MedRec Implementation in AHS
•Approach to Evaluation of Medrec in AHS
•Results so far…
•Lessons Learned
•Next Steps
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•Major Patient Safety Initiative
•Accreditation Canada Required Organizational Practice (ROP)
•Varied Past:
–Multiple approaches
•Desired Future:
–Coordinated, integrated approach
History of MedRec in AHS
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Approach & Zone Implementation
Ambulatory Care settings
2014 - 2015
Discharge / Transfer 2014
Admission
Acute Care/ Homecare & LTC
2011 - 2013
Provincial Planning 2011- 2015
North Zone Implementation
Edmonton Zone Implementation
Central Zone Implementation
Calgary Zone Implementation
South Zone Implementation
Provincial MedRec Planning
Phased in Approach
“Viral Spread” model
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Our Goal
•To have MedRec completed on all patients (where appropriate) across the AHS continuum by the end of 2015.
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Measurement for Improvement
•How will we know a change is an improvement?
•“Measurement is only a handmaiden to improvement, but improvement cannot act without it”
•“Measurement for the purposes of learning not judgment”
•“Remember, measurement is a means for answering questions. It is not an end in itself”
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Approach to Evaluation of MedRec
Success Measure (target 80%, goal 100%)
–% patients with MedRec Completed on Admission (Acute Care, LTC & Corrections)
Quality Measure (target 80% of patient audit sample have all quality elements)
–Two or more sources for BPMH
–Actual med use verified by patient/family
–Complete medication information
–Every med accounted for in orders
–Rationale included for hold and discontinued meds
Outcome Measure (target less than 10%, goal 0)
–% patients with one or more outstanding discrepancies
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Lessons Learned - Provincial
•Limitations of data representation
•Not having a ‘pure’ patient outcome measure
•Subjectivity of Measure 5
•Inter-rater reliability:
–Evidence from PSM data
–Link to education and ongoing training
•Digestible data to managers
•Support for QI at the “bedside”
21. Calgary Zone Experience
Lynn Whitten, RN, BN, MSA
Project Manager, Calgary Zone Medication Reconciliation Team
Alim Amershi, DipMM, B.Comm
Project Coordinator, Calgary Zone Medication Reconciliation Team
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Calgary Zone Project Team
Project Manager
Project Coordinators
Physician Lead
Pharmacy consultant
Administrative Support
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Site/Program Lead Model
•Influential, well known and respected early adopters
•Regular monthly reporting requirements
–% of uptake by individual units & programs
•Each site responsible to conduct their monthly audits
- site determined who would conduct audits
- monitor audit submissions
- use raw data from PSM to develop site
& service reports
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Lessons Learned
•Persistence, persistence, persistence….
•Focus on local culture: it’s a team effort, different process in different units
•Look for common goals Improved Patient Care!
•Metrics helps drive the change
•Internal competition helps
•Break down process into parts to identify gaps and areas for improvement
•Identify gaps BUT celebrate successes!!
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Next Steps – Calgary Zone
•Focus on Ambulatory Care
•Sustainability
•Share learning's
•Teams must have access to data for improvement
•Developing solutions to address gaps.
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Next Steps - Provincial
•Homecare and Supportive Living Audit Tool
•Discharge Audit Tool
•Ambulatory Care Audit Tool
•Emergency Department/Urgent Care Audit Tool
•Transfer Audit Tool
•Database and Reporting Dashboard for AHS
•Auditor Education and resources
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Upcoming MedRec Webinars
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Thank you for attending
Our next MedRec webinar will take
place in January 6th, 2015.
Topic: MedRec Quality Audit Month
Information call.
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